Person:William Preston (76)
SC Sen. William Campbell Preston, Esq.
b.27 Dec 1794 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
d.22 May 1860 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
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  1. Isaac Trimble Preston1793 - 1852
  2. SC Sen. William Campbell Preston, Esq.1794 - 1860
  3. Eliza Henry Preston1796 - 1877
  4. Francis Smith Preston1798 - 1801
  5. Susan Smith Preston1800 - 1847
  6. Ann Sophonisba Preston1803 - 1844
  7. John Smith Preston1809 - 1881
  8. Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston1818 - 1852
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Name SC Sen. William Campbell Preston, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 27 Dec 1794 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Maria Eliza Coalter
Marriage to Louisa Penelope Davis
Death[1][2] 22 May 1860 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
Burial[2] Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
Reference Number? Q1589403?


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William Campbell Preston (December 27, 1794May 22, 1860) was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston, William Preston and Angelica Singleton Van Buren. He first married Maria Eliza Coalter in 1819, then Louisa Penelope Davis after Maria's death. Preston was a slaveowner and vocal opponent of abolitionism.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William C. Preston, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 PRESTON, William Campbell, (1794 - 1860), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

    PRESTON, William Campbell, (son of Francis Preston; uncle of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge), a Senator from South Carolina; born in Philadelphia, Pa., on December 27, 1794; studied under private tutors; attended Washington College (later Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., and graduated from South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1812; traveled and studied in Europe for several years; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; returned to the United States in 1819; admitted to the bar in Virginia in 1820 and practiced; moved to Columbia, S.C., in 1822; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1828 to the Twenty-second Congress; member, State house of representatives 1828-1834; elected in 1833 as a Nullifier to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen D. Miller; reelected as a Whig in 1837 and served from November 26, 1833, until his resignation on November 29, 1842; chairman, Committee on the Library (Twenty-seventh Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-seventh Congress); resumed the practice of law in Columbia, S.C.; president of South Carolina College 1845-1851, when he resigned due to ill health; died in Columbia, S.C., on May 22, 1860; interment in the Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.

    Bibliography
    American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Lander, Ernest M., Jr. “The Calhoun-Preston Feud, 1836-1842.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 59 (January 1958): 24-37; Preston, William C. Reminiscences of William C. Preston. Edited by Minnie Yarborough. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1933.

  3. ↑ Dorman, John Frederick. The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia: descendants of John and Elizabeth (Patton) Preston through five generatons. (Louisville, Kentucky: Filson Club, c1982).

    118. i. William Campbell PRESTON, born December 27, 1794 in Philadelphia, PA; married Maria Eliza Coalter; married Louisa Penelope Davis. ...

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